Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth: The Transition from Home to School - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1137601191 ISBN 13 : 9781137601193

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Synopsis

Examines the linguistic challenges indigenous children and young adults face in the classroom
Analyses how schools correspond to the language ecology of the local community
Explores complex issues faced by students and teachers alike

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gillian Wigglesworth is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language. She has worked extensively with Indigenous children growing up in remote communities in Australia, largely in the Northern Territory.

Jane Simpson is Professor of Indigenous Linguistics at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, and Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language. Her research focuses on the structure and use of several Australian Aboriginal languages (Warumungu, Kaurna and Warlpiri), as well as English.

Jill Vaughan is a postdoctoral fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Her work in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology is concerned with multilingualism, contact and variation in Indigenous languages of northern Australia, and language practices in the context of the Irish diaspora.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1137601191
• ISBN 13: 9781137601193
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 446
• Éditeur: Wigglesworth Gillian, Simpson Jane, Vaughan Jill
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